Document-cabinet.



H. FISCHER.

-DOCUMENT CABINET.

, APPLICATION HALED JAN. 21: 1918. 1 2?"? 93 Pate11t9d8eps.'3,l918.

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H. FiSCHER.

DOCUMENT CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2h 1918.

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H. HSCHER.

DOCUMENT CABiNET.

APPLICATION mu) JAN-21.1918."

]. 77,893. Patented'sept. 3, 1918.

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. followingxisa specification.

nnmvrenn FiSCI-IER, or soHAFFHAiisEN, SWITZERLAND.

" DOCUMENT-CABINET. 7

To all-whom itmay concern Be it. known that I; HiiiiMANN FIsonnn, a

invented certainjnew and useful. Improvements in DocumentrCabinets,of-which the.

- The present invention has; general refer.- ence to improvements .in cabinets, made up of a series of. trays, for holding documents orE other objects, and.it has for; its; special object the provision of= neans for readily;

bringing the individual trays into aposition I which allows of convenient access to their contents; afurther. object. isto provide meanswhereby some of the traysnray at wilLbe readily detached, and removed en--. tirelyfromthe-cabinet as such; and lastly means areiprovided for so arranging the. cabinet that it can behungup; fromafixed. support or may beswung into or out ofthe positionfor use in connection-.witha desk, tableor other piece of furniture. v

In orfd'ei'ito inakeimy invention; readily understood, I WTITEIIOW describe it in detail in connection with the accompanying; draw.- ings, inwhich Figure 1; represents airont elevation of? my. improved cabinet with its swinging. support,- parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 shows a plan view ofthe-swingsupport. j Fig.3 is:a side elevation of Fig. 1, withthe-fullj-line trays in an intermediate-V position, and thegbrokeniline trays-'inthe respectiveend-positions. .Fig. l is a side View,

of a modification in closed position andv the' broken lines showing. the trays in pulled-out- 5 position. Fig; 5 is a plan-otFig. 4 with a:

partially. extendedv tray inbroken- -outline. Fig, 6is=a tf'ragmental vertical section on. line ATAQ of =Fig."-4;- on an enlarged scale. Fig-. 7 represents-a5 side: elevation o ii f a vi'further modification-,1 with the trays partly in; closed and partly. in extended position Figs. 8 and. 9 represe t; s de viewsof still another. niodificatio m witha vertically! positioned support, in respectively closed and partly opened position, and Fig. 10 finally shows a fragmentalzfro'nt elevation of Fig. 8.

The cabinet according to Figs. 1-3 is made up: offive normally superimposed trays le-5,

each one'of which is provided in theiront' and bottom with a cut-out 22 for conveniently grasping the trap contents. The uppermost tray 5 is provided with a raisable flap or lid 6. On the opposite sides the trays Specification of Letters-Iatent "'Paltl l tfl Sljt. Application;file'd-Jannary 21, 191 8. Serial No. 213,036. V i i i i i ;operatively. interconnected ineanspf pairs of parallel metion links orz levers 'l, ne P l a ach oi tr y and each pang comprising a front and a rear. member.

fulcrunied to the side of the lowermost: and,

he u p m st rav as. o wat pend p r ta y. onn te t the co re po g side of, the other traysby headed bolts; 8/ eX-' 1 tending. r m 11 tier i s-op ti y 1:

gaging in angulari recesses9 (Fig. 3) pro.-. vided in the links. This arrangeniento f out wardlyopening recesses 9 allows ofa thekine m d ate tr yatee beins e when the parts assume the position illustrated in we a vhi piesi i ete e t the o te fth i h my In i cese aw w ve i villi ufi ezto P ilY- Op n t trays "by, displacing them relative to one; 01 11 1 n s ppe f r t on, whi aft. fected, by a swingmovement: of .thepar'allel motion; system,- which causes the links 7 to turn about their. lowermost-head "pins Sias; illustrated in Fig. .3. Ingorder to. prevent the appliance-from -tipping over in the open position, when positioned on a flat surface as a-table orthelike, there is provided a sup port member 10 extending downwardly from I thetray 3, as'shown inoFig 3L A 7 p In order to improve the usefulness and operation of the described cabinet'I arrange it; on a-frame-lifke: support 11' (Figs. 1-2) WhQSe 1 spring: 2 i des g e 1, @Xtend into-therecess, 22 of the-lowermost tray 1 toclampthe latteritotheframe-i Atthe one. corner. of thelatter'i is provided the clamp. 13, for securing; the appliance to a t-table or; other piece of'ofiice furniture. The clamp yoke; ournalsthe pivot pin vor pintle- 14, the upper end. .o f wh-ich isyseeured. ito. the frame, lland to;,whose lowerendis securedthe one endiof adiagonal brace rod 15.; Thecabinet with its support bracket can be. swung ina horizontal plane about the pivot la,

V In. the modification illustrated. .by; the. Figss', 5 and; .6 the five fsuperposed trays arexeach supported between ueshaped side b s, 11 one ofieach sid T users P? porting thetopmost 'jtrayzfi are secured. to the raised (Fig. 6), the-,pivot pin 20 passing through this raised portion and its inner head 21 lying within the cup thus formed, so as not to interfere with the smooth operation, of the tray. Each tray is preferably provided with a front recess 22, as above described. w 1

By swinging over the pairs of parallel links 7 the appliance is moved from the closed position (full lines in Fig. 4) into the open position lines, extreme left position), when the contents of the several trays can readily be handled; or the cabinet may only be opened half way into an intermediate position, as also shown in Fig. at by the lines. In any chosen position the trays, with exception of the upper one, may individually be pulled out completely and removed.

The U-bars 16 supporting tray 1 are re spectively provided at their longitudinal sides with angle bars 23, 23 (Fig. 4:) in order to place the cabinet on a board or shelf 24, and the angle bar 23 is provided with a bore into which engages a pin 25 ex tending from the shelf. The latter is secured to the bracket arm 26 and the diagoa nally extending braces 27, 27, which are respectively secured to the upper and the lower end'of a pivot pin 28 of a wall plate 29 adapted to be fixed to the room wall or a piece of furniture W by screws 17 In the modificationaccording to Figs. 8, 9

and 10 there is provided in back of the trays a vertical support 30 provided with bores 31 for conveniently hanging'up the appliance on ,a wallJ At the upper portion of this support 30 there is provided at each side thereof a U-guide 32'ad'apted to receive rollers 33, which-latter are rotatably secured in, short arms 34 extending from the respectiy e side faces of the uppermost tray-supporting U 'bars 16. To the lower end of the support 30 is secured an angle bar 35 from which extend at either side the guide rods 36, 86, and tubes 37, 37 are respeotivelysa cured to angle bars. 38, 38 secured to the lower front and rear edges of the lowermost U-bar 16, the rods and the tubes adaptedto coact telescopically.

If the appliance is to be shifted from the closed position (Fig. 8) into the intermediate position' (Fig. 9) or into the wholly open position, not specially shown here,

this is easily accomplished by exerting a pull in the direction of thearrow on the mrzgses cially desirable where cramped quanters forbid the use of a swinging bracket. The use of U-bars for supporting the individual trays allows of adjusting the latter to any intermediate position without danger of the cabinet toppling over.

The modification according to Fig. 7

shows that two or more groups of such cabi net units may be interconnected by means of the described parallel swing links; Each such unit can then be operated independently of the others,*and, obviously, each 'unit may be made up of any desired number of trays and not necessarily of five, as shown and described byway of example.

l/Vhat I claim is:' 1

1. A cabinet of the character described,

comprising upper, lower, and intermediate substantially horizontal U-bars, trays dis-' posed within the U-bars; links arranged upon the opposite sides of the U-bars and pivotally' connected therewith; a post arranged near corresponding ends of the U- bars;- means connecting the uppermost -U- bar with1the*post so that said uppermost U-bar is capable of moving vertically and incapable of partaking of substantial horizontalmovement; and -means connecting the lower U-bar with the post so that said lower U-bar is adapted tomove horizontally and incapable of partaking of substantial vertical movement. a f T Pi/A cabinet of the character described, comprising upper, lower, and intermediate substantially horizontal U-'bars; trays disposed within the U-bars'; links arranged upon the opposite sides of the U-bars and pivotally connected therewith; a post arranged near corresponding ends of the U- bars; 'a-r'olle'r connected with the-upprU bar.

i H. FISCHER.

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